Beginning a New Year—A Prayer Service for Catechists
ALICE ANN PFEIFER, CSA
Even when we are fully committed to starting a new enterprise or returning to an old one, we may have ambivalent...
Effective Teaching: How to Stay Energized All Year Long
Catechists need to be fueled with a missionary zeal
Advice from a Master Catechist: Tips For Personal Spiritual Growth
Question: As a catechist, I’ve been learning so much about the faith, which makes me want to dive deeper into my relationship with the...
The Prophetic Power of Humanae Vitae: a 40-min. talk by Mary Eberstadt
A very interesting talk for adults by a very thorough researcher. Learn interesting statistics about "where we are" today in light of the teaching...
Until Christ be Formed in You
A new year of CATECHIST, and a new editor
The Still Small Voice
Helping young people discover silence and sanctuary
LISA MLADINICH
St. Teresa of Calcutta said, “We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise...
Liturgy Is Catechetical: On why your lessons ought to be liturgical
By Marc Cardaronella
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that liturgy is a “privileged place” for catechesis. There’s an old maxim regarding Catholic worship: Lex...
May I have your attention please?
LEE DANESCO
It happens with frustrating frequency. You come to class packing a solid, well-prepared teaching plan only to be met by disappointing student indifference....
Parent: “Will they remember everything I taught them?”
Every day after the kids left for school, my mom sat on the edge of her bed and said her prayers using a little...
Reverence for Tradition
Our Catholic identity is shaped by a living heritage
JOE PAPROCKI
As Catholics, we have a “lot of baggage” — not in the sense of having...
